In Nova Scotia, four partners – Alicia MacDonald, Sonja Mills, Keiver Read and Beverly Read – are planning to open their own Trestle Brewing this autumn in a former hardware store in downtown Truro.

Articles about the Truro project have run in the Chronicle Herald and Truro Daily News, with the latter indicating that the brewery will have a steampunk theme, and well-known local brewer Greg Nash will be acting as a consultant for the start-up.

While two different Canadian breweries having the same name is rare, it’s not unprecedented. Storm Brewing has long been shared by veteran breweries in St. John’s and Vancouver, and Bridge Brewing was also used by a pair of more recent breweries on the coasts, although the Halifax-based Bridge changed its name to North Brewing after a year or so of operation to avoid confusion, giving the Vancouver-based Bridge sole use of the name in Canada.